摘要 |
An economical one-step process is provided for the preparation of epoxides by oxidation of olefins in a homogeneous gas phase reaction, wherein the olefin is reacted in a flow reactor with a gas mixture of ozone and NO2 and/or NO as oxidants without use of a catalyst, and wherein ozone and NO2 and/or NO are mixed in a mixing chamber connected upstream to the flow reactor. The process is characterized in that the olefin in the reaction zone of the flow reactor is reacted at a reaction temperature of approximately 150° C. to approximately 450° C. and a pressure of 250 mbar to 10 bar with the gas mixture of the oxidant, that the carrier gas flow containing the olefin is heated in a preheating zone of the flow reactor to a temperature of 250° C. to 650° C., and that the gas mixture of the oxidant from the mixing chamber, having ambient temperature, is turbulently mixed with the olefin in the reaction zone of the flow reactor, so that the reaction temperature is reached during the mixing and the ratio of olefin-gas flow and gas flow of the oxidant is 5:1 to 1:1.
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